Effects of partial throughfall exclusion on the phenology of Coussarea racemosa (Rubiaceae) in an east-central Amazon rainforest

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-189

  Brando, Paulo ^a   Ray, David ^b   Nepstad, Daniel ^a,b   Cardinot, Gina ^a   Curran, Lisa M ^c   Oliveira, Rafael ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biology; Drought; Forest; Reproductive; Tropical

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

DROUGHT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TREE; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISASTER; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTION; RUBIACEAE; TREE;

BRAZIL; FLOWERS; FRUIT; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; RUBIACEAE; SEEDS; TREES; WATER;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

COUSSAREA RACEMOSA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 33750251907     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0507-z     Document Type: Article

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